Wolbachia bacteria of filarial nematodes in the pathogenesis of disease and as a target for control

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 596-598

  Taylor, Mark J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Disease control; Filariasis; Pathogenesis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CD14 ANTIGEN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENDOTOXIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; IVERMECTIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MICROFILARIA MALAYI; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033646559     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90201-3     Document Type: Article

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